Prof. Dr. André Thess was a visiting professor at Stanford University, USA, at Nagoya University in Japan and at Northeastern University Shenyang in China. He was born in Saint Petersburg in 1964 and received his doctorate from TU Dresden in 1991. He has also spent time abroad in France (Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, Institut de Mécanique de Grenoble) and the USA (Princeton University). He works at the University of Stuttgart, Institute for Energy Storage (IES) and Institute for Technical Thermodynamics (ITT). Homepage: https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/presse/e... The conversation starts with the Carnot battery, an interesting technology with which one can theoretically achieve 100% efficiency. We follow questions about nuclear energy and the behavior of the media. The costs of CO₂ avoidance and finally a look into the kitchen from the perspective of a thermodynamicist. Nico Wehrle Energy storage • Dr. Nico Wehrle: Energy storage for... 0:00 Welcome 0:43 Path to energy 2:06 Heat engines 3:40 Efficiency of power plants 6:10 Power plant locations on the sea and river 8:40 Temperature limitation of solar power plants 11:10 Wind, electricity and the challenge of storage 13:40 Storage capacities of Terra Watt hours 14:30 Carnot battery 16:00 Critical size for storage 19:00 Electric heater for liquid salt 21:00 Carnot battery and lithium battery 23:20 Flexibility of the Carnot battery 25:00 Rotating masses for stability 25:50 Storage capacity of a 1 GWh storage unit 27:00 Nuclear energy 28:30 Risks of nuclear energy in comparison 30:30 Public broadcasters fail 34:20 Germany's stance of going it alone 36:10 Climate Council report on nuclear energy 37:40 Lecture on social assessment 40:00 Cheapest way to avoid CO₂ 44:40 CO₂ avoidance with solar cells 45:20 Nuclear energy Costs of CO₂ avoidance 47:35 Research funding in Germany 49:20 Responsibilities of the state 52:30 Costs of green hydrogen 55:00 Vehicle propulsion in the future 57:10 Hydrogen aircraft 59:00 Weight problems 1:03:55 Culinary thermodynamics 1:06:00 Lecture example with frying pan 1:09:00 Fundamental equations in the kitchen 1:10:58 EU kettle with 1000 W 1:14:00 Thermodynamics and complex quantities 1:15:00 Predicting the future 1:16:00 End of the Stone Age not due to lack of stone The conversation took place on January 24, 2023 in Stuttgart. Automatically generated transcript of the conversation: https://tinyurl.com/Prof-Thess-PDF My videos show the different views on the broad field of energy production, supply and consumption. To ensure that the information is of high quality, I speak to real experts who are familiar with the topic through scientific achievements and many years of experience. Since I myself have a doctorate in physics, work as a professor at a university and have been working on energy topics for over 20 years, I feel confident in asking intelligent questions. I hope that my viewers will gain real education on the topic of energy and not just headlines that are of no help with such a complex topic.